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11 Cards in this Set
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I. Spain’s Powerful Empire
A) Philip II (1527-1598) 1) _____ Spain, American colonies, Spanish Netherlands 2) Catholic—very _______ king 3) very wealthy (339,000) lbs. of ______ from America 4) large army _______ soldiers |
ruled
religious gold 50,000 |
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B) Philip II vs. Muslims and Protestants
1) attacked and ______ Muslim fleet 2) 1588 launched Spanish Armada against _______ |
defeated
England |
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C) Spanish Art
1) Spanish kings became ______ 2) El Greco Painted bright _____ and big emotions on people 3) Diego Velasquez painted _______ 4) Cervantes—wrote Don Quixote—the first _____ novel |
PATRONS
colors portraits modern |
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II. Problems Weaken Spain
A) Inflation and ______ 1) Too much ____ and silver!!! a) so much mined from America that gold became___ valuable 2) Inflation (a ______ in the price of goods) Prices went up because EVERYONE had ____ |
taxes
gold less rise gold |
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3) Taxes
a) Spanish nobles ____ ____ pay taxes b) lower class had to pay __ taxes so they didn’t have money to start _______ RESULT: Spain never developed a ____ class |
DID NOT
all businesses middle |
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B) Spanish Netherlands
1) Netherlands called “Low Countries” because land is located below ___ level 2) Great Dikes built to keep seawater from flooding Netherlands 3) Spain was ______ and Netherlands ________ |
sea
Catholic Protestant |
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4) Dutch opened flood gates to drive out ______ army
5) Netherlands got independence ______ |
Spanish
1579 |
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III. The Dutch Prosper
A) Dutch were different from other countries 1) Religious ________ practiced 2) No King Dutch leader was governor appointed by ________ and ________ tolerance |
merchants
landowners |
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B) Dutch Trade
1) Dutch were great __________ 2) had largest fleet of _____ in world 3) became bankers of ______---Amsterdam major banking city |
businessmen
ships world |
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IV. Absolutism in Europe
A) Monarchs who hold all the power in their kingdom called ________ B) Divine Right of Kings They believe that kings get their authority from ____ Only God could tell _____ what to do |
ABSOLUTISTS
God rulers |
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C) Middle class supported monarchs because they brought______ so business could prosper
D) Absolute Rulers needed to handle problems such as _____ _______or peasant revolts E) large armies kept ________ in power |
peace
religious fighting absolutists |
